wonder

★★★★ ★ DIRECTOR: Stephen Chbosky

CAST: Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Jacob Tremblay Does anyone remember

Mask, the 1985 cult film about a teenager with a facial deformity and his troubled relationship with his biker mum, played by peak-’80s Cher? Well, swap Cher for peak-stepmom Julia Roberts and you get

Wonder, about a mother sending her ten-year-old boy – who has undergone 27 facial surgeries – to school for the first time. An instant classic.